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I'm interested in your thoughts as far as how long food in cans will stay safe to eat? Do you pay attention to "expiration, use by, best by" dates? When I was younger I don't recall ...»

KMS Woodworks on Mar 10, 2013

There is a market about 30-40 miles form me that a few of my clients told me about. They call ...»
it the "discount market". A good portion of the food there is old stock that they get from other markets. Most of it is about 1/2 price or more off the regular price I see in my local market. The reason is the bulk of these food containers are past the "sell by" date. for some items it may only be a few weeks others a few months. But depending on the item these things still have a lot of potential.
I picked up a bag of "pirate booty" for about 75 cents...this normally runs about 2.50 to 3 bucks a bag. It is puffy rice with cheese or other flavors mixed in. My girls ate it with no complaints.

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Have a question for those of you who have fireplaces, wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts.

Should fire starters like those made from wax and pine cones be used? The only information I can find is to NOT use them in stoves and inserts because of the build up from the wax. ...»

KMS Woodworks on Feb 07, 2013

I have an insert and a free standing wood stove. With these two we burn about 5 to 6 cords ...»
each season. We use a fire starter from Rutland
http://www.amazon.com/Rutland-Safe-Starter-S...
these have a touch of wax in them, but not nearly as much as some home made versions. What is far more important than the starter is the bulk of the wood that is burned and "how" the stove is operated. It is best to burn "hot" as this reduces the potential for creosote build up. Check out this article I wrote
http://www.networx.com/article/how-to-build-...
My concern with a wax starter is they tend to pool a bit of melted wax below them when they are used. If this is dripping on to old ash chances or higher that is will later be combusted as the stove comes up to operational temps. If the stove is empty then this wax may melt and drip on to the metal liner, which then may be covered is ash later. This will most likely cause some cleaning issues in the firebox itself.

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Re-purposing old family mailbox

I saw this on Pinterest and Honey helped me! I bet sometimes he thinks Pinterest is awesome and the other times he thinks it might just be the devil! I now use it to store my garden tools ...»

Commented on Jun 07, 2012
Evidently this is gonna be a good year for spiders. Use caution when reaching into anything ...»
because you don't know who's been there first. I have a bite on my back. Have no idea what because I haven't been crawling into any dark spaces. A friend of mine had a bite on the inside of her forearm - much nastier looking than mine. She was weeding and thought all she had to worry about was avoiding the poison ivy. I had the doctor check it out - all this talk about recluse type made me justifiably paranoid. Someone in the next room must have gotten into poinson ivy. I think he may have written the same 3 prescriptions for all of us on Saturday.

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"Polatems" (pots, plates, totems) birdbaths, bird feeders and planters.

I had so much fun putting my "Polatems" together. I collected beautiful pots and plates from Goodwill and garage sales. I dug a hole 12" deep intserted a piece of rebar, which can be purchased at a hardware store in any length of your choice. Fill the hole with concrete. Level the rebar to make it straight. Once the concrete dries..overnight is good, start putting the pots and plates onto the rebar in an artistic order, gluing them as you go..I used glass glue from the hardware ...»

Commented on May 17, 2012
What type of bit would you use to drill the holes so it wouldn't shatter?

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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Have a question for those of you who have fireplaces, wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts.

Re-purposing old family mailbox

"Polatems" (pots, plates, totems) birdbaths, bird feeders and planters.